Beta read by the lovely thewickedregal. I'm sorry this chapter is short, but I've had horrible writer's block and still wanted to get you guys a chapter finally after 3 days. I hope you enjoy it and I think I may have cracked the writer's block for the next few chapters. =D Thank you so much for all the favorites, follows, and reviews! Enjoy!
Emma
It had been weeks since Emma was supposed to tell her parents about her and Regina and the fact that she was what? A lesbian? Bisexual? That is what had stopped her from telling her parents. How was she supposed to come out to her parents if she didn't even understand who she was anymore? Before Regina, she had only been with men, and granted she enjoyed herself and the activities she did with them, but none had made her feel like this. She hadn't even been intimate like that yet with Regina and she already knew it was going to be unlike anything she'd every experienced.
Emma stood on Regina's porch the sun beginning to dip behind the trees, raising her hand to knock only for the door to swing open before her hand made contact.
"Regina," Emma said surprised, "I-"
"Come in." Regina said, pulling Emma in by the arm.
"I… Ok." Emma said as Regina pulled her the rest of the way in.
"Did anyone see you?" Regina asked, hunching down and looking out the tall window next to the door.
"I don't think so," the confused blonde said, looking at Regina perplexed.
"Good," Regina said, standing up straight and looking at Emma nervously.
"Regina, why are you acting like this?" Emma asked, grabbing Regina by both of her arms and looking her directly in the eye.
Regina sighed heavily before relaxing against Emma's hold.
"Ok, I'll tell you, but you can't freak out." Regina grabbed Emma's arm once more, this time gently, and directed her to the sitting room.
Emma sat down, not taking her eyes off of the nervous brunette.
"Ok, I promise not to freak out." Emma kept her eyes on Regina, waiting for her to speak.
"Ok," Regina said, taking in a deep sigh and straightening in her seat next to Emma, "I may have told Henry about us and he may have told your parents."
Emma's eyes went wide, her heart beating more and more rapid as she sat and let the words sink in.
"You… He…" Emma said, but that's all she could get out before her breaths became more rapid and short.
"Emma, take a deep breath." Regina rubbed Emma's arm, tentatively moving a little closer.
Emma's head was swimming. What was she suppose to say to them, to Henry? How was she supposed to explain why she hadn't told them herself? Emma moved to lie down, Regina moving to rest Emma's head in her lap.
"What am I going to do?" Emma asked Regina, looking at her terrified, "I barely know what this is and my parents and Henry are going to ask so many questions that I don't even know the answers to. I still have so many questions myself!"
"Shhhhh," Regina said, trying to calm her down, stroking her golden hair as it flowed over her lap, "I answered a few of Henry's questions and hopefully he won't have many more. I did get a phone call from your parents asking if you were here and that Henry told them about us."
Emma shot up, looking at Regina with tears running down her face. Emma wiped them away, taking in a deep breath.
"Were they angry? Sad? How did they sound?" Emma had so many questions and she didn't even know how to begin asking them.
"They weren't mad. Your mother sounded confused on the phone." Regina said as Emma stood up.
"I need to go for a walk." Emma said, walking towards the front door quickly.
"I'll go with you." Regina insisted, grabbing her coat from the coat rack. Emma stopped and turned around.
"No," Emma said, "I need to be alone. I need to think."
Regina
Regina sat at her dining table, alone. She understood why Emma had freaked out. She wasn't too keen on anyone knowing yet either, but when Henry had seen then flirting outside of the mayor's house, he had come around asking questions. Regina had promised she wouldn't lie to him anymore so she did what she thought was right and answered his questions truthfully.
Truth be told, when Snow had called her she had been terrified the entire time. Terrified! Of Snow White no less, the one woman she had terrorized and threatened to kill for years and now here she was scared of a little princess. Regina chuckled at the situation, looking at her watch and noticing that Emma had been gone almost two hours already. Regina couldn't take the torture anymore; she needed to talk to Emma. They needed to talk about this.
It took Regina awhile to find her, but of course, she was in the last place Regina ever thought she'd go… the clock tower. Regina went up the stairs slowly, the image of Emma before her breaking her heart. Emma was sitting exactly where she had been the day Killian had died, her back against the wall as she looked up and out of the clock window and at the stars.
Emma didn't even look up at Regina as she closed the distance and sat next to her on the floor. The only acknowledgment she got form the blonde was the grasping of her hand, pulling it to the space above her heart. The both sat there for what seemed like forever, the sound of Emma's voice breaking the silence gracefully.
"I had to talk to him," Emma said, looking at Regina and then back to the stars, "I know it sounds crazy and I know he can't talk back, but I needed to."
"I know what you mean." Regina said, smiling softly, "Who do you think I talk to when I'm alone in that big house?"
Emma looked back at Regina, smiling fully before closing her eyes. Regina leaned in cautiously, hoping she wouldn't get injured for what she was about to do. Ever so slowly, Regina placed her lips onto Emma's, kissing her gently as the blonde parted her lips and kissed her back, still gentle, but with a little more eagerness. Emma rested her hand against Regina's cheek, pulling her closer as the kiss deepened more and more. Just as Regina began to deepen the kiss even more, a throat clearing jolted them apart. Regina looked down at the elevator to see David and Snow, the prince with his arms crossed, and Snow with her mouth hanging open.
Emma
Emma stood up, wiping her mouth as her hand went to grab Regina's. They stood there, staring at Emma's parents for a few minutes before she let go of Regina's hand and walked down to stand in front of them.
"I…" Emma started, but she couldn't form any words.
"We…" Regina said, not seeming to be able to speak either.
"We were just worried about you." Snow said, a look of shock still plastered on her face.
"We thought you could have been hurt," David said, his words dripping with anger, "You weren't answering your phone."
"I'm sorry," Emma said, "I'm really sorry." That was all that Emma could say, anxiety building in her stomach.
"I'm sorry," Snow said, walking away backwards, "Henry told us about you two and I didn't believe him."
Emma walked towards her mother, only for her to take those few steps away.
"It's just going to take some time to get used to it." Snow said, "I love you, and I support you…" Snow took a few more steps until she was in the elevator again, David following her in, "I just need some time."
Just like that, her parents went back the way they came, leaving Regina and Emma alone in the clock tower.
"Well," Emma said, turning towards Regina with an expressionless face, "That wasn't what I was expecting."
"You heard what she said," Regina said, walking down the stairs and putting a hand on Emma's arm, "She just needs some time. She loves you and supports you, Emma."
"I know," Emma said, turning to face Regina, wrapping her arms around her own torso and leaning against Regina, "And those words should be encouraging, but for some reason they hurt."
Regina wrapped her arms around the Emma, burying her face into the her blonde hair as they stood in the embrace, the silence broken only by the soft sobs the escaped Emma's lips.
***Author's note: Just wanted to clarify that David isn't mad about Emma and Regina, he is mad that she didn't answer her phone and he thought something horrible happened to her only to find that she was just ignoring her phone. Once he saw them kissing he was kind of in shock and didn't know what to say so he just didn't say anything. Sorry if I made it out to be like he was mad at her for being with Regina because that's not the case.
